DER PARATEXT IM SAMMELWERK DER LITERATIN VESNA PARUN „BUNJEVI UMJESTO SRCA“ (AUFWIEGELUNGEN/HETZEN ANSTELLE VON HERZEN)
Études balkaniques (Sofia) 2024, N 3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.62761/645.EB.LX3.08
Mirko ĆURIĆ
Croatian Writers’ Association, Croatia
Abstract: Vesna Parun is an author with a strong awareness of the importance of paratext, which includes, among others, the title, cover, author’s name, epigraphs, annotations, dedications, reviews, interviews, prefaces, afterwords, different types of notes… This paper is an introduction to studying the role of paratext in her poetry book Bubnjevi umjesto srca (DHK, Zagreb 2003). In this work, the research focused on the titles of poems and chapters in the collection, notes, comments and epigraphs. It is proven that Vesna Parun is an author who systematically uses the pragmatic functions of the paratext, which forms an inseparable whole with the body of the text.
Keywords: Vesna Parun, paratext, notes, titles, epigraphs